John Ellington

“The Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads contain such godlike fullness of wisdom on all things that I feel the authors must have looked with calm remembrance back through a thousand passionate lives, full of feverish strife for and with shadows, ere they could have written with such certainty of things which the soul feels to be sure.”

1)     Ghar Waapasi in Adivasi / Tribal Areas in Assam – Distribution of 5KGs of Rice for each of 100 Families in remote Tribal Villages (March 31)

  To counter the efforts of Christian deceptive practices, our Coordinator GHHF, Sri Samrat Dutt has contacted one Rice Wholesale distributor who agrees to donate 500 KGs every month. To counter the aggressive Christian efforts, he is coordinating these efforts to distribute the rice to make sure they are not being exploited by Christians.

2)     60 Volunteers Attended Conference on Gaumata in Mathura, UP: Make Cow a Rashtra Mata; Applied Tilak to Hindus on the Train from Hyderabad to Mathura, (April 1).

Declare Gaumata as State Gaumata

Lakshmi Nivas and his associates went to Mathura which is the Birthplace of Lord Krishna. About 60 volunteers along with Lakshmi Nivas decided to attend the Conference. The UP government organized a meeting on March 31, 2022, to discuss the significance of Gaumata and how Lord Krishna tended the cows as a child, and his association with cows.

               Gau Raksha Dal organized this conference attended by all State representatives. It was decided that Cow slaughter must be stopped, and slaughterhouses closed. It was decided that every State should declare. The resolution passed by these representatives will be sent to the Central government for its approval. Many Swamijis and other dignitaries attended and spoke about the need for the passage of the Rashtra Gaumata law.

3)     Welcomed 219 Christians back to Hindu Dharma in Visakhapatnam– a culmination of 2-3 months of effort. (April 2)

The agency area is located in Doddavaram village in Koyyuru Mandalam in Visakhapatnam District. It is a very remote village which is very difficult to even reach. There are two churches in the village. The village split into groups based on political affiliation. Swamiji tries his best to convince them to return to Hinduism. Swamiji welcomed 219 Christian ladies welcomed back to Hinduism. All these ladies used to go to church. On the day Swamiji went they just came out of the Church. He has been talking to them for 3-4 months. But on this day, he spent enough time talking about the nasty, blood, and sexual nature of the Bible and the richness of Sanatana Dharma.  He was able to convince them to come back to their roots. The Christian Pastore reached these villages a long time ago. Almost all the villages in the Agency area have Churches built or converted houses into Churches.

4)     Bala Samskar Kendras Celebrated Ugadi – Attended Temples, Wore New Clothes, and Touched their Parent’s Feet (April 4)

Bala Samskar Kendras celebrated Ugadi and Observed our age-old Traditions

Many Kendras celebrated Ugadi by taking them to the nearby Temple, attended the puja and ate Ugadi Pachadi. It is believed that Lord Brahma started creation on this day – “Chaitra Suddha Padyami” or Ugadi day. It also heralds the season of spring. On this day families celebrate by decorating the houses with mango leaves and drawing colorful rangoli, they usually get up early in the morning, take bath and wear new clothes. It is like a spring season where one can see the blooming of flowers and yielding of fruits.

              Touching the parents’ feet is an age old tradition to signify the respect Hindus have toward their parents. Our respect is stated in the adage  “Matru Devo Bhava, Pitrudevo Bhava and Acharya Devo Bhava.” It is believed that when a person bows down and touches the feet of their elders, their ego gets suppressed as this gesture indicates respecting the age, experience, achievements, and wisdom of the person whose feet are being touched. The elder person then, in turn, blesses the person touching their feet.

Ugadi Pachadi is a special preparation prepared in every Andhra home on Telugu New Year’s Day. It is made with fresh tamarind, jaggery(panela), fresh mangoes, and neem flowers (margosa). One can add sugarcane, coconut, and bananas also. The sweetness of jaggery, the sourness of tamarind, the bitterness of neem flower and the pungent flavor of the green mango skin, spice of the Chilli powder, raw tender mango taste and lastly salt form the shadruchulu or six tastes.

5)     Two Murthies were Destroyed in Sri Kanakadurga Temple in Kakinada; Organized Agitation; Encountered Police for their indifference; Petition Filed; Restoration work Started. (April 5)

Ajay Verma and other Pracharaks of Global Hindu Heritage Foundation and other members from other organizations came to know of the incident and rushed to the location and inspected the destruction and were astonished at the way the murthies were destroyed and treated our revered murthies. 

More than 50 Bicycle rides were organized to highlight the incident and people came from different villages to condemn the dreadful attack on Hindu Temple. They are outraged at the hatefulness of people toward Hindu Temples and the Minister's false statements about the incident. It appears that some of the authorities sent false information to the government indicating no such incident took place.

A written petition was submitted to the Sub Inspector of One Town of Kakinada on behalf of GHHF, Hanuman Dal, Sri Hanuman Seva Samithi, and other organizations requesting them to investigate the incident. They expressed their displeasure at the way Police reacted. They did not come to the Temple until our people started the agitation.

6)     Azaan is banned in Assam through Loudspeakers During Certain Times; Continue our Efforts to ban Azaan through loudspeakers as per Supreme Court (April 6)

               Samrat Dutt is working hard to ensure that the laws are implemented with regard to the use of loudspeakers when Mosques play Azaan. GHHF, Assam submitted a memorandum to the district administration and Pollution control board from various mandals a few months back.

After our continuous effort, the District Administration was bound to issue notice to all the Masjid Committees not to use the loudspeakers at night and morning.  On April 5, 2022, a meeting was called to intimate this progress to us. Today in our local newspaper it has been published (red lines) that the Imams Committee urged all Mosque Committees not to use loudspeakers for azaan at night and morning also. This is a partial victory. GHHF Assam is going to make sure Azaan is restricted based on the Noise Pollution Act. We will pursue this matter to ban the loudspeakers.

7)     Ghar Waapasi in Telangana State – Welcomed 10 Christians back to Hindu Dharma in Gadwal District (April 8)

Lakshmi Nivas and his associates welcomed 10 Christians from Ranga Reddy  District back to Hindu Dharma. They come from several villages from Gadwal District in Telangana Street. They came from four villages – Ganganapally, Kaluru village, Gorlapadu village and Dharru Village. They used to go to MB Church and Lord Christ Church.  They talked about the tactics they used in converting people and how they induce people to convert to Christianity. Many converts expressed their own experience of being pressured into accepting Christianity and how they created fear in them.

8)     False Charges Filed against Hindus for Reporting against Christians Who Insulted Hindu Gods; Mass Agitation; Police withdrew the cases and promised to Investigate Christian Missionaries (April 9),

The incident happened in Jaddangi Annavaram in Yeleswaram Mandalam in East Godavari District. Christian missionaries from a village known as Lingamparthi went to Annavaram Village which is about 16 kilometers to propagate Christianity by insulting Hindu Gods. These Christians started visiting the houses one by one by saying that Jesus is the real God and Hindu should not worship the stones and they are Satans.

Many families said that they do not believe in Christianity, and they follow Hindu Dharma. When some of the Hindu Youth came to know about these missionaries insulting Hindu Gods, they went to the Police station and complained about these Christians who are insulting Hindu Gods by going to the houses.

Instead of filing cases against the aggressive Christians, the Police filed false cases against the youth and other family members who complained.

9)     Bala Samskar Kendras in Assam – Celebration of Rama Navami; Organized Bike Rally with about 150 people; Conducted Quiz on Ramayana; Prizes Distributed;(April 11)

Celebration of Ram Navami in Assam; Bike Rally; Quiz on Ramayana  Global Hindu Heritage Foundation of Assam is very happy to celebrate the Ramanavami Festival by organizing several programs, A number of dignitaries spoke about the importance of Lord Rama, his personality, his dharma to his parents, to his brothers, to his Gurus, and to his people. He understood his responsibilities as a warrior and Kshatriya. He even sacrificed his responsibilities as family members and made the judgments based on the interest of the kingdom. He is described as an ideal son, ideal brother, ideal kind, ideal friend, and ideal enemy. He never wavered from the path of Dharma either in killing Ravana or living twelve years in the forests.

Sri Samrat Dutt has planned the event, organized the bike rally, arranged Navaratri Puja and homas, and served meals for all the assembled Hindus. He organized a quiz for the children to make the children learn the greatness of Lord Rama, the ideals he possessed, and the Dharmic path he followed so scrupulously. Children who were successful in the competition were given prizes. On the auspicious occasion of Sri Ram Navami Global Hindu Heritage Foundation, Assam organized Hindu Jagran Sabha in Sonai and Nilambazar and a bike rally in Silchar. More than 2000 Hindus participated in Hindu Jagran Sabha in Sonai. At first as per rituals Sri Ram pujas were done than a Yagna and a quiz on Ramayana was also organized after Hindu Sabha. Prasadam was distributed to all. In Nilambazar 300 Hindus participated in Hindu Jagran Sabha. After puja and yajna, prasadam is distributed to all. A bike rally was organized in Silchar, where hundreds of bikes and more than 150 youth participated.

10) Ram Navami Celebrations were conducted by Bala Samskar Kendras; organized procession Carrying Ram Parivar; Conducted Pujas. (April 12)

Celebration of Ram Navami The teachers and some of the dignitaries spoke about the importance of Lord Rama as a role model for all of humanity. They spoke about the importance of Lord Rama, his personality, his dharma to his parents, to his brothers, to his Gurus, and to his people. He understood his responsibilities as a warrior and Kshatriya. He even sacrificed his responsibilities as family members and made the judgments based on the interest of the kingdom. He is described as an ideal son, ideal brother, ideal kind, ideal friend, and ideal enemy. He never wavered from the path of Dharma either in killing Ravana or living twelve years in the forests. One of the teachers explained how the narration of Ramayana started. 

11) Started “Hindu Advocates Forum of Assam” to protect Hindu Heritage and Hindu interests; Encouraging other State Lawyers to form a similar Legal cells to protect Hindu Dharma (April 13)

Our Aims and Objectives

In the modern times, advocates have gained importance based on the evidence from the recent past.  Even the freedom fighters included many lawyers including Lokmanya Tilak, Veer Savarkar, Vallabhai Patel, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar etc. Therefore, in the present social scenario,  advocates can be influential. Hindu Advocate Forum wants to establish the laws formulated by experimenting with eternal science of spirituality which are embedded in Sanatana Hindu Dharma.

This can’t be done unless constitutional battles are fought in the Courts and legal agitations on legal points are made on the roads.  Hindu Advocate Forum is for both.

Organize seminars around the State to make Hindus aware of the individual rights as per law and encourage them to protect Hindu Heritage.

WE NEED YOUR HELP

We appreciate it if you can help in hiring more people who can go to these villages to do Ghar Waapasi. We have employed 26 Pracharaks so far. More people we hire, more villages can be covered to welcome them back and also create Chaitanya (Awareness) among the students and villagers.

1) Donate any amount to help the Dharma Pracharaks to work at the ground level.

2) Sponsor one Pracharak: In order to expand our base and hire one Pracharak, it would cost approximately $3000.00 per year. We have five anonymous donors who sponsored Assistants.

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